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When this happens, you’re likely to need an always on system, a more powerful system or perhaps getting a bit more power out of your existing system by re-purposing it with Linux. The most noteable of those features in my opinion is the inclusion of a Spotify like music organisation and listening experience.Īt some point in your Plex journey, you may find yourself listening to your music at work, or watching home video’s on multiple computers. Plex runs both a free and a subscription model, with the most significant differences being the subscription model get’s bug fixes and updates quicker and more recently a few enhanced features. The main difference between the two, is that Plex runs a true client / server setup, which means your IT knowledge doesn’t have to be at expert level to get a multi user, multi client setup running. Plex is a fantastic media centre based on the software now known as Kodi, and formerly known as XBMC. To be clear, what is Plex and why does running it on Ubuntu Server Headless make any difference?

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How to set Plex permissions on linux or NAS devices.

Because you know that running it on Ubuntu Linux headless is more powerful running it on Windows, MacOSX, Ubuntu (GUI) or a NAS.

Because Plex is on a machine that’s get’s disconnected from the network and you want to change to a permanently connected system.

To move Plex from your NAS which may not have enough CPU to cope with demand.

To run Plex as a service, in the background, automatically starting at boot time.

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To run Plex on a machine that is ‘headless’ and doesn’t have the overhead of running a full Graphical User Environment (GUI).

Please see the ‘Summary Overview’ tab below for a high level view of the objectives this ‘howto’ will achieve.

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For how to install Plex Media Server on another operating system, please click your Platform: Windows.

This howto will enable you to install the Plex Media Server on Ubuntu Server.

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The movie will disappear from your library listing.

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Delete the movie from your computer as you normally would and then select Update Library once more. If you have watched a movie and are unlikely to want to watch it again, you can delete it in much the same way as you move, add or change them. Plex often automatically scans the folders for any changes but sometimes this doesn’t happen quickly enough. The changes should be reflected in your library once Plex has detected them.

Go into the library you just changed then click Update Library.

Copy or rename your movie, TV show or other content on your computer as you would any other file.

Turn off the power on the Plex Media Server.

You will then need to scan your library again with Plex so it picks up the changes. As long as you stop the Plex Media Server first, you can move, rearrange and rename movies and TV as you see fit. The same rules apply for moving and renaming movies in Plex.

Navigate to your movie folder then click Add Library.

Name the library, choose your language then hit Next.

Select Movies in the Add Library window that pops up.

Click the ‘+’ sign at the Plex home page.

Assuming you have prepared a folder on your computer to store your movies and have named them as required, you just need to follow these steps: If you don’t yet have a movie folder, you need to add a library. If Plex does not detect the movie automatically, go into the Library in Plex and click Update Library, forcing a rescan of the available media. To add a movie in Plex you just need to add the movie to your computer in the folder you specified for movies when setting up Plex, which will then scan the folder for changes and pick up the new movie. That’s fine when you have movies or TV shows present when installing Plex, but what about after you install Plex? That’s where the Plex Media Manager comes in handy. It then catalogs what you have and displays the content in your media list. When you first install Plex, you set it to search specific drives or folders for media. So if you have created a Movies, TV and Music folder on your computer and have them set up as sources for Plex, any changes you make in those folders will be picked up by Plex.

The good thing is that Plex will use whatever you have on your computer. If you need to add, move and delete a movie in Plex, here is how to do it. The time spent renaming, adding, moving and even deleting my media within Plex has made finding, watching and binging a breeze and I am now converted.